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César Franck 1822-1890 Sonata for violin and piano in A major

Claude Debussy 1862-1918

Sonata for cello and piano in D minor

Francis Poulenc 1899-1963

Sonata for cello and piano

Anne Gastinel CELLO Claire Désert PIANO

Franz Liszt 1811-1886

Années de Pèlerinage

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Hector Berlioz 1803-1869

Harold en Italie, opus 16 **

Les Nuits d’été, opus 7 *

Le roi de Thulé

Anne Sofie von Otter MEZZO-SOPRANO* Antoine Tamestit VIOLA**

Les Musiciens du Louvre • Grenoble Marc Minkowski

Erich Wolfgang Korngold 1897-1957

Violin concerto in D major op.35 1945

Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky 1840-1893

Violin concerto in D major op.35 1878

Laurent Korcia VIOLIN

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Piotr Ilich Tchaikovsky 1840-1993

Symphony no.5

Dmitri Shostakovich 1906-1975

Festive Overture op.96

Orchestre national du Capitole de Toulouse Tugan Sokhiev

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RELEASE DATE1ST MAY 2012

Label: NAÏVEFile Under: Classical/Opera &VocalCatalogue No: DR2147Barcode: 822186021477NORMAL PriceFormat: 1 DVDPackaging: DIGIPACKJosé Van-Dam [Don Quichotte]Silvia Tro Santafé [Dulcinée]Werner Van Mechelen [Sancho Panza]Orchestre symphonique et choeurs de LaMonnaie / Marc Minkowski

MASSENET: Don Quichotte

José Van-DamSilvia Tro SantaféWerner Van MechelenMarc Minkowski

Directed by Laurent Pelly

Comédie-héroïque in 5 actsLibretto by Henri Cain, from Le Chevalier de la longue figure by Jacques Le Lorrain - 1904, from Miguel de CervantesPremiere: 19.02.1910, Opéra de Monte-Carlo

This production of one of the late masterpieces of Massenet, 'Don Quichotte', in May 2010 from La Monnaie, was the lastgreat role performed by the feted Belgian baritone, José van Dam.This very special context generates a real intensity, enhanced by the stage direction of Laurent Pelly and the expertise ofMarc Minkowski in French opera repertoire, following numerous productions by Massenet, Debussy, Meyerbeer,Offenbach, Auber, Boieldieu, Gounod…> The DVD includes a touching documentary on this production.

José van Dam was born in Brussels. As a guest in the world’s leading opera houses, he has sung the title roles ofcountless operas but has become synonymous with Philip [Don Carlos] and Don Quichotte in particular. He hascontributed to the success of many opera productions at La Monnaie, where he has also appeared in concerts andrecitals. He also performs a vast concert, oratorio and song repertoire and has made many recordings. His cinemaappearances include the title role in Gérard Corbiau’s 'Le Maître de musique' (The Music Teacher) and a brilliantLeporello in Joseph Losey’s 'Don Giovanni'.His interpretations have earned him numerous awards. He holds an honorary doctorate from the University of Montreal;the City of Berlin awarded him the honorary title of ‘Kammersänger’; the French Government has appointed himCommandeur des Arts et Lettres; and he has been ennobled by King Albert II of Belgium.


Label: NAÏVEFile Under: Classical/Opera &VocalCatalogue No: OP30532Barcode: 709861305322NORMAL PriceFormat: 1 CDPackaging: digipackSandrine PiauLes Paladins / Jerome Correas

Le Triomphe de L'Amour

Sandrine Piau

GRETRY Je romps la chaîne qui m’engage [L’amant jaloux 1778] Overture [Le Tableau parlant 1769]LULLY Enfin, j’ai dissipé la crainte [Acis et Galatée 1686]RAMEAU L’Amour est le dieu de la paix [Anacréon 1757], Sarabande [Les Fêtes de Ramire, sc. 7 1745] Je vole, amour [Les Paladins 1757] Viens, hymen [Les Indes galantes 1735]REBEL+FRANCOEUR Overture, Tout est prêt [Scanderberg 1735]CAMPRA Espoir des malheureux [Idoménée 1712], CHARPENTIER A-t-on jamais souffert [David et Jonathas 1688]FAVART Pauvre nise! [La Bohémienne 1755]SACCHINI Que l’Eclat de la victoire se répande sur vos jours [Renaud 1783]

"The French music of the 17th and 18th centuries has changed my life both literally and metaphorically: having trained asa harpist, I never imagined I might one day embark on a singing career. Nevertheless, in an incredibly fertile profusion ofmusic, a series of encounters led me into this Baroque adventure where imagination and rigour call the tune, andpermanently influenced my approach to all kinds of music. The triumph of Love... Beyond that slightly pompous formulalies a less optimistic reality. The god of love, mischievous and implacable by turns, holds humanity in his snares. Histriumph is rarely that of his victims.My friend and musical partner Jerome and I delighted in exploring together this territory which, if not entirely virgin land,is always surprising, where the hegemony of mere vocalism is banished, where the apparent antagonism betweendeclamation and music is resolved in a perfect balance. How much Lully's Atys has in common with Debussy's Pelleas etMelisande! With this album, I was keen to return to a repertoire that, like Pandora's Box, opened up every conceivablepossibility for me." Sandrine Piau, June 2011

Soprano Sandrine Piau's new project is dedicated to French baroque repertoire, offering a wide range of beautiful ariasby Rameau, Lully, Campra etc in a 100-year journey that mixes very famous music with little-known pieces, such as ariasby Grétry or Sacchini.Sandrine Piau and Jérôme Correas, a former singer, founder and music director of Les Paladins, have worked togetheron a regular basis since their early careers, especially with William Christie.This new release is the 10th recital of Sandrine Piau on Naïve and 2012 marks the 10th anniversary of theircollaboration.

LAUNCH CONCERT: WIGMORE HALL 11TH April


Label: NAÏVEFile Under: Classical/Opera &VocalCatalogue No: V5294Barcode: 8221860529452 CDs for 1Format: 2 CDPackaging: digipackMarie-Nicole Lemieux, Patricia Petibon Magdalena Kozena, Sandrine Piau Sara Mingardo, Anna Caterina AntonacciSonia Prina, Julia Lezhneva Veronica Cangemi, Lucy Crowe Nathalie Stutzmann, Karina GauvinAnn Hallenberg

Ladies sing Baroque

Marie-Nicole Lemieux Patricia Petibon Sandrine Piau Sonia PrinaLucy Crowe Nathalie Stutzmann Karina Gauvin

The baroque woman was confined to a strictly domestic role. She was either saintly (mother of Christ and the subject ofreligious allegory as in Handel’s Trionfo del tempo e del disinganno), a diva, a queen (Poppea, Cleopatra) or theinevitable victim in classical tragedies like Semiramis, Berenice, Rodelinda and Agrippina.'Ladies sing Baroque' is shaped as a nod to those ladies who have enchanted jazz, but composed of music from twocenturies earlier: hymns to emotion, the tunes that disturb for eternity! Monteverdi's invention of opera, Vivaldi's music for the Pieta, Pergolesi and Bach bring the drama and emotion found intemples and churches. Highlights include the final duet from 'L'Incorronazione di Poppea' and Bach's sublime 'Erbarmedich' whilst two Canadians with strong characters, Marie-Nicole Lemieux and Karina Gauvin, successfully evoke thelegendary association of Marilyn Horne and Montserrat Caballé.


Label: NAÏVEFile Under: Classical/InstrumentalCatalogue No: OP30533Barcode: 709861305339NORMAL PriceFormat: 1 CDPackaging: digipackRiccardo Minasi [violin, direction]Il Pomo d’Oro

VIVALDI: Concerti per violino IV 'L’imperatore' Concerto RV331Concerto RV171 per S.M.C.CConcerto RV391 Op. 9 No. 12Concerto RV271 'L’amoroso’Concerto RV327Concerto RV263aConcerto RV181Ricardo MinasiLa Pomme d'Or

This is the 46th title in the Vivaldi Edition and the 4th volume, out of approximately 12, of the series dedicated to the violinconcertos whose manuscripts are held in the National Library of Turin. All the concertos selected here were composedfor, dedicated to or performed in front of Charles VI (1685-1740), sovereign of the Habsburg Empire, renowned as patronand passionate lover of music. This series of 7 concertos is an overview of the complete art of Vivaldi as a composer andviolinist: large-scale music, invention, expression, energy, power of evocation, played with considerable virtuosity.Riccardo Minasi, 33, is one of the leading Italian baroque violinists and also has a career as a conductor Il Pomo d'Oro isa new baroque orchestra that gathers excellent musicians from several high-level baroque orchestras including IlComplesso Barocco.

CONCERT: May 12 LONDONwith Jordi Savall, Bruno Cocset, Luca Pianca


Label: NAÏVEFile Under: Classical/InstrumentalCatalogue No: OP30535Barcode: 709861305353NORMAL PriceFormat: 1 CDPackaging: DIGIPACKL'Estravagante: Stefano Montanari, Stefano Rossi [violins]Francesco Galligioni [cello]Maurizio Salerno [clavicembalo e organo]wt Franco Pavan [tiorba e chitarra barocca]Pietro Pasquini [organ]

VIVALDI: Sonate Da Camera A Tre Op. 1

L'Estravagante

In 1705, Giuseppe Sala published in Venice the Suonote do camera a tre, due violini o violone o cembalo op.1 of AntonioVivaldi. This set of trio sonatas marked the official 'debut' of a composer who was already more than a mere youth (the'Prete Rosso' was then 27-years old), and probably contains the earliest works of his that have come down to us. It isvery likely, though, as Michael Talbot has pointed out, that the copy of 1705 is in fact a reprint of a now lost first editionpublished in 1703. However that may be, this collection dedicated to the Brescian nobleman Count Annibale Gambaradisplays a balance - at times, inevitably, somewhat precarious - between reference to codified formulas and models, onthe one hand, and the definition of an original expressive voice on the other. In terms of scoring, his Op.1 adopts therecently created Italian format of the trio sonata, the output of which was dominated by the Arcadian reform of ArcangeloCorelli: even in Venice, where a renowned instrumental tradition already existed, Corelli's Opp.1-4 enjoyed almostimmediate diffusion and were reprinted by the aforementioned Sala just a few years after the Roman first editions (in1684, 1686, 1691 and 1695 respectively).


Label: NAÏVEFile Under: Classical/InstrumentalCatalogue No: V5284Barcode: 822186052846NORMAL PriceFormat: 1 CDPackaging: digipackAnna Vinnitskaya, piano

RAVEL: Pavane pour une infante defunte, MiroirsGaspard de la nuit

Anna Vinnitskaya

Following a first solo recital (2008) and a successful Ravel-Prokofiev concerto recording (2010), this is the third recordingof Russian pianist Anna Vinnitskaya for Naive.The recording presents two of the heights of Ravel's piano repertoire, 'Gaspard de la Nuit' and 'Miroirs', performed manytimes in recital before this recording.In both works, as well as in the mysterious 'Pavane pour une infant défunte', Anna Vinnitskaya displays the whole rangeof her skills: intense delicacy, amazing legato and control of dynamics, supple and a strong personal style.Anna Vinnitskaya, aged 29, is developing an intense concert career in Germany, Belgium and the UK. She won FirstPrize at the Queen Elizabeth Competition in 2007 and an Echo Klassik award (Germany) in 2011 for her latest recording.

ALSO AVAILABLE: V5238 Prokofiev, Ravel ConcertosInternational Piano Choice“She is a wholly exceptional artist, the possessor of a fabulous technique… Her playing of the Ravel Concerto isbreathtaking…These concertos are very different works, but this young pianist has the measure of them both – inspades.” International Record Review

“How does she do it? It’s a complete mystery to me, but I can’t wait to hear some more.” MusicWeb, Recording of the month

“One of the finest Prokofiev Seconds on record.” Classic FM Magazine

AMB177 Rachmaninov, Gubaidulina, Medtner***** review & Rising Star of BBC Music Magazine, April 2010

“Anna Vinnitskaya here takes on some of the most technically and musically demanding pieces in the repertoire andemerges triumphant.” International Piano Choice

[29 Mar. 12 BIRMINGHAM30 Mar. 12 MANCHESTERBeethoven: Piano concerto no.4 with City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Andris Nelsons]


Label: NAÏVEFile Under: Classical/ChoralCatalogue No: V5290Barcode: 822186052907MID PriceFormat: 1 CDPackaging: digipackAccentus, Laurence Equilbeywt AAM-Berlin, Concerto Köln, Ens Ars Nova,Eric Ericson Chamber Choir, Latvian RadioChoir, Ens Orchestral de Paris

Accentus Best 20

Fauré Requiem: In Paradisum Barber Agnus Dei (Adagio for strings op.11) Buxtehude Cantata BUXWV15: Hallelujah Poulenc Mass in G min: Sanctus, Figure Humaine: PatienceSchumann Heidenröslein op.67 R. Strauss Traumlicht op.123 no.2 Brahms Ein Deutsches Requiem op.45: Wie lieblich sind Deine Wohnungen with Brigitte Engerer, Boris Berezovskypianos, Verlorene Jugend op.104 no.4 Sibelius Sortunut ääni op.18 no.1Mendelssohn Christus op.97: Ihr Töchter Zions Dusapin Dona Eis: Umbræ Ravel Ronsard à son âme Schoenberg Drei Volksliedsätze: Es gingen zwei Gespielen gutDvorák Stabat Mater: Eja, Mater, fons amoris Schubert Geist der Liebe D747 Haydn Die sieben letzten worte: Es ist vollbracht Rachmaninov Liturgy of st john chrysostom, op.31: Bless the Lord, O my Soul, Psalm 102 [103])Vivaldi Le Quattro Stagioni: L’inverno Handel Messiah: Hallelujah

Accentus, Laurence Equilbey, and Naïve: a story that goes back a long way, a story of fidelity and diversity. Fidelity inour artistic companionship, since Accentus was one of the first ensembles to join Naïve when the label was created in1999. Diversity, because our shared artistic trajectory has been shaped by a wide variety of repertoires and projects.First of all there was Pascal Dusapin’s Requiem[s], an ongoing success that has reached far beyond the contemporarysphere; then a magnificent programme of a cappella Poulenc; then the bombshell of 'Transcriptions', which is both thegroup’s and the label’s bestseller to date. After an excursion into Schoenberg with the Ensemble Intercontemporain, theyear 2003 was marked by Brahms’s German Requiem in its version with piano. In 2005 came the first recording withorchestra under the direction of Laurence Equilbey (Haydn’s Seven Last Words). Since then, our projects haveembraced music of the 20th and 21st centuries, key repertoire works (Fauré Requiem), rarely recorded monuments likeRichard Strauss’s masterpieces for a cappella choir, a DVD of the 'Transcriptions', a concert of Christmas music for CDand television in 2009, Rachmaninov, Dvorák, Mendelssohn…Happy Birthday to all the artists who participated in the adventure of the first 20 years and here's to the next 20.


Label: NAÏVEFile Under: Classical/InstrumentalCatalogue No: DR2152Barcode: 822186021521SPECIAL LOW PriceFormat: 2 DVD+CDPackaging: digipack

Chantal Akerman films Sonia Wieder-Atherton

Avec Sonia Wieder-AthertonJewish prayer, MONTEVERDI Duo Seraphim, Ritornello, BERIO Les mots sont allés, JANACEK Presto, BRAHMS Sonata in E minor, SCHUBERT LitaneiImogen Cooper [piano], Sarah Iancu, Matthieu Lejeune [cellos]

Trois Strophes sur le nom de Sacher, de Henri Dutilleux

A l‘Est with Sonia Wieder-AthertonRACHMANINOV Vespers, DOHNANYI Ruralia hungarica, Song in the remembrance of Schubert, TCHEREPNIN Tatar Dance, KRAWCZYK Folksongs, Jeux d‘enfants after Janacek‘s Moravian folksongsKODALY Magyar Rondo, PROKOFIEV The Field of the Dead, MARTINU Variations on a Slovak Folksong, MAHLER Rückert-LiederCyril Dupuy [cembalom], Sinfonia Varsovia / Christophe Mangou

A couch in New York Original soundtrack (excerpts)a film by Chantal Akerman | Music by Sonia Wieder-Atherton*Bruno Fontaine, Laurent Cabasso, Imogen Cooper [piano]

This amazing set gathers together the 3 collaborations between film director Chantal Akerman and cellist SoniaWieder-Atherton.As an interpreter of an extremely broad repertory that reflects her imaginative world, a designer of projects, and amusician sought after by many contemporary composers, Sonia Wieder-Atherton occupies a place apart on today’smusical scene. She has played as soloist with the Orchestre de Paris, the Orchestre National de France, the BelgianNational Orchestra, the Liege Philharmonic, the Israel Philharmonic, the Lisbon Gul-benkian Orchestra, the LuxemburgPhilharmonic, the Hanover NDR Orchestra . . .Pascal Dusapin, George Aperghis and others have written numerous works for her.She has been invited by many festivals to perform the musical projects that she conceives and stages, in venues such asthe Cité de la Musique, the Théâtre de la Ville, the Strasbourg Musica, the Bath Music Festival, Cheltenham, HoustonOpera and Dortmund Opera.She has recently signed an exclusive contract with the record company Naïve.


Label: NAÏVEFile Under: Classical/Opera &VocalCatalogue No: V5295Barcode: 8221860529522 X NORMALFormat: 2 CDPackaging: specialRomina Basso - Megacle, Franziska Gottwald - Licida [mezzos]Karina Gauvin - Argene,Ruth Rosique - Aristea [sopranos]Nicholas Phan - Clistene [tenor]Nicholas Spanos - Aminta [countertenor]Venice Baroque OrchestraMarkellos Chryssicos [conductor]

L'Olympiade: the OperaLibretto by Pietro Metastasio 1698-1782Arias by Vivaldi, Cimarosa, Pergolesi, Leo, Hasse, Cherubini, Galuppi, Sarti,Myslivecek, Perez, Gassman, Caldara, Traetta, Jommelli, PiccinniRomina BassoKarina GauvinVenice Baroque Orchestra

In the 18th century, 1,300 years after the last Olympic Games in ancient times, the Olympic theme was highlyfashionable. Many composers based operas on the libretto to 'L'Olimpiade' by Metastasio. This recording has beenstructured to contain all of Metastasio’s original arias; it is a pasticcio in the sense that the music is by 16 differentcomposers amongst the many that set the libretto between 1733 and the end of the century.Venice Baroque Orchestra and its music director Andrea Marcon have a distinguished record of modern-day premieres,including works by Cavalli, Marcello, Handel and Vivaldi. In 2001 they added Cimarosa’s 'L’Olimpiade', and in 2006,Galuppi’s setting of the same Metastasio libretto. Only during research for the Galuppi staging did they become awarethat dozens of composers had set the same story, leading to a discussion with Mr. Marcon about creating a 'pasticcio'performance and recording project. The search for manuscripts led to libraries and music conservatories in Milan, Florence, Naples, Venice, Paris, Lisbon,Berlin, New York and Washington DC. Over time, several were found online. The objective, of Venice Baroque, is to helpintroduce important works by lesser-known composers, encouraging others to continue exploring the enormous body of18th-century Italian opera.

16 arias in a world premiere recording.

The release is to coincide with the London Olympics - 27 July to 12 August 2012

Venice Baroque Orchestra, founded by Andrea Marcon, is one of today's leading baroque orchestras. They have a largediscography at Archiv and Deutsche Gramophon and have recorded with artists such Giuliano Carmignola, PatriciaPetibon, Magdalena Kozena, Simone Kermes e.a.

This programme will be performed in May and June in several major venues in Europe, including London's QueenElizabeth Hall, the Théâtre des Champs-Elysées in Paris and Brussels' Bozar.

European tour includes: Queen Elizabeth Hall, 28th May

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